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Suddenly one of the narts said to another, "Now that the king has in his service the hero Naznai, who kills five hundred at a blow, we must be more careful than we have been, and not turn our horses out in this way to graze."

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various

Among the Ossetes, who are unquestionably an Aryan race, narts have a quasi-historical existence like the Knights of the Round Table, and their lives and adventures have been woven by popular tradition into a sort of mediæval epic resembling the _Nibelungen Lied_ of Germany.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various

Among the latter are _karts_, female ogres with cannibalistic tastes; _narts_, or giants of protean shapes and variable dispositions; and certain mysterious equestrians who are always described as "hare-riders."

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various

After a little time the king sent for Naznai again, and said to him, "My dear son-in-law, Hero Naznai, three _narts_ [giants] have invaded my kingdom and are harassing my people with their raids: to-morrow you must go out against them."

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various

This led to a dispute which ended in a quarrel, and the three narts all killed one another.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various

These three classes of supernatural beings, karts, narts and hare-riders, are known to the whole body of the

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various

Avars and the Circassians, narts are simply giants of the orthodox nursery type.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various

When it began to grow light he looked down, and there were the three narts, who, having hoppled their horses and turned them out to graze, were themselves resting under the tree.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various

Cosquin, who has two versions (8 and 25), has more difficulty than usual in finding the full plot in Oriental sources, though various incidents have obviously trickled through to the East, as for example the hero Nasnai Bahadur in the Caucasus, who overcomes his three narts, or giants, very much in the same manner as our tailor.

Europa's Fairy Book Joseph Jacobs 1885

Also go to www. narts.org, the site of the National Association of Resale and Thrift Shops, to find stores in a particular area.

Consumerist 2009